Paul provides more information on the onetwo project he's formed with Claudia Brücken but also gives his views on The Id EP, The Listening Pool and the forthcoming OMD DVD.

Read the full interview here: Paul Humphreys Q & A

We also have a new OMD Survey up - What's your favourite Paul Humphreys song?.

In addition, the Features page has now been updated with brand new graphics and includes links to the Discography, Songwords, Photo Gallery as well as the Interviews Archive.

Meanwhile, Mal's been keeping busy on other music projects - including working with Susan Hedges - a 19 year old singer/songwriter. Blind from birth, Susan is a rising star who started her recording career in her early teens and plays piano, guitar and mandolin.

Mally is also establishing himself as a music teacher. Although Mally has been involved in teaching music for the past 2 years, he's recently been involved with a new venture which includes classes at a college in Runcorn. The classes are designed to familiarise students with different instruments, the mechanics of forming a band and about how the music industry works.

And if that wasn't enough, you can go and see Mally performing live as part of a live band performing at the Chester Food And Drink Festival tonight - an event that none other than Anthony Wilson will also be attending...

The EP features a collaboration with Depeche Mode's Martin Gore for one song called Cloud 9. Other songs on the EP include Sister, Signals and Element Of Truth.

"One of the most exciting things for us about this project" adds Paul "is the fact that we have joined forces with Ebay and weŻll be releasing this on their brand new and soon to be launched arm for new music". Mixing on the EP starts next week and Paul is hoping to see the EP out towards the end of next month.

A new website is also in development which will also provide details of Paul and ClaudiaŻs new record label therethere Records. The first release on this new label will be a collaboration between Claudia Brücken and pianist/composer Andrew Poppy which Paul has produced. The album, entitled Another Language, is described by Paul as a "Very naked and acoustic 'one instrument and one voice' album" which will feature cover versions of songs by artists as diverse as Radiohead, Elvis, Kate Bush and Franz Schubert. Release date is planned for the end of April.

Live dates by onetwo are also planned. Paul felt that he and Claudia complimented each other for live performances for their US tour in 2000 and is keen to do more concerts.

A more extensive Q&A with Paul Humphreys will appear in the next issue of Messages and here on the website. More details to follow.

To read the interview, go to the Glasgow Apollo website via www.glasgowapollo.com and follow the links for Interviews. The Glasgow Apollo website is also asking for help from Scottish fans to submit pics of OMD performing at the Apollo if they have them.

Hagen Schmitt has launched his brand new German OMD fansite at www.omd-germany.de. The new site features an extensive Discography, Biography, Photos and Forum. The photo section boasts over 300 pictures and there's also a Press Clipping section which features 100 German press articles from 1981 to 1999.

Visit www.omd-germany.de to check it out.